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Acton 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: TABLE 8.INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1932.

TABLE 8.

INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1932.

Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council4
Total number of attendances at all centres during the year:—
(a) by children under 1 year of age10,490
(b) by children between 1 and 5 years of age6,668
Average attendance of children per session53
Number of children who attended for the first time during the year: —
(a) under 1 year of age713
(b) between 1 and 5 years of age272
Percentage of notified live births represented by number of children who attended a centre for the first time during the year74.6
Children treated at Dental Clinic196
Children treated at Ophthalmic Clinic13
Mothers treated at Ophthalmic Clinic2
Children treated for Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids4

Table: table 9.ANTE-NATAL CLIINC.

table 9.

ANTE-NATAL CLIINC.

Number of attendances by Dr. Bell25
Number of Expectant Mothers who attended193
Number of attendances made by Expectant Mothers231
Mothers referred fro Dental treatment at the Clinic39
Mothers supplied with Dentures14
Expectant Mothers to whom Dried Milk was supplied24
Number of packets of Dried Milk supplied283

Table: table10.INQUESTS.I nquests —41.

table10.INQUESTS.

I nquests —41.

Suidde13Fall from Motor Car1
Run over by Motor Car6Accidental Bums1
,, ,, ,, Motor Van2Found drowned1
,, ,, ,, Train2Surgical Operation1
,, ,, ,, Motor bus1Childbirth-retained placata1
,, „ „ Taxi1Injury at football1
,, ,, ,, Motor Cycle1Accidental suffocation in pram1